anecdote
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.
- An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.
- A previously untold secret account of an incident.
verb
- To tell anecdotes (about).
Pronunciation
/ˈæn.ɪkˌdəʊt/
[ˈæn.ɪkˌdəʉt]
[ˈɛn.əkˌdɐʉt]
/ˈæn.ɪkˌdoʊt/
[ˈɛən.ɪkˌdoʊt]
En-us-anecdote.ogg
/əˈnɛkˌɖoʈ/
Word forms
anecdote
anecdotes
anecdota
anecdoton
anecdotum
anecdoting
anecdoted
Etymology
Late 17ᵗʰ c., from French anecdote, from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos, “accounts unpublished”), from ἀν- (an-, “not, un-”) + ἔκδοτος (ékdotos, “published”), from ἐκδίδωμι (ekdídōmi, “I publish”), from ἐκ- (ek-, “out”) + δίδωμι (dídōmi, “I give”).
Virtually identical cognates in other European languages – French anecdote, German Anekdote, Spanish anécdota, among others.
Translations
Albanian: anekdotë
Arabic: نَادِرَة
Arabic: أُطْرُوفَة
Arabic: أُفْكُوهَة
Arabic: طُرْفَة
Arabic: فُكَاهَة
Arabic: لَطِيفَة
Armenian: անեկդոտ
Azerbaijani: anekdot
Azerbaijani: lətifə
Belarusian: анекдо́т
Belarusian: анэкдо́т
Bulgarian: анекдо́т
Catalan: anècdota
Chinese Mandarin: 逸事
Chinese Mandarin: 軼事 /轶事
Chinese Mandarin: 逸話 /逸话
Czech: anekdota
Danish: anekdote
Dutch: anekdote
Esperanto: anekdoto
Estonian: anekdoot
Finnish: anekdootti
Finnish: kasku
Finnish: juttu
Finnish: tarina
French: anecdote
Georgian: ანეკდოტი
German: Anekdote
Greek: ανέκδοτο
Hebrew: אַנֵקְדוֹטָה
Hungarian: anekdota
Icelandic: atvikssaga
Icelandic: anekdóta
Ido: anekdoto
Indonesian: anekdot
Italian: aneddoto
Japanese: 逸話
Kazakh: анекдот
Kazakh: күлкілі әңгіме
Korean: 일화
Kyrgyz: анекдот
Latvian: anekdote
Lithuanian: anekdotas
Luxembourgish: Anekdot
Macedonian: анегдота
Malay: anekdot
Mongolian: онигоо
Norwegian Bokmål: anekdote
Norwegian Nynorsk: anekdote
Persian: لطیفه
Polish: anegdota
Portuguese: anedota
Romanian: anecdotă
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